Missouri Valley College Hall of Fame

Fred Skinner

Class of 2001

Dr. Frederick Skinner graduated from New Trier High School in 1941,
receiving his diploma while on active duty with the U.S. Navy serving
as a sonar man from 1942-46.

Fred was a student at Missouri Valley College from 1946-50,
graduating with a Bachelor Degree in Biology. While at Valley, Fred was Freshman
Senator, President of his sophomore class, four-year V-Club member, V-Club
President his senior year. Fred was a member of the Tri Beta fraternity,
which is a Biology Honorary Society, member of Sigma Nu for two years,
serving as Lt. Commander his last year, and selected to Who’s Who
in American Colleges and Universities. Fred was a four-year football
letterman, earning All-Conference First Team Honors three times and Second
Team Honors once. In 1949 Fred earned Little All-American Honorable
Mention honors.

Following his graduation from Missouri Valley College,
Fred attended the Loyola University School of Dentistry in Chicago,
IL, and completed his residency in Removable Prosthodontics at Marquette
University in 1962. Fred is licensed to practice dentistry in
Georgia, North Carolina, and Illinois and has been a diplomat for the
American Board of Prosthodontics since 1972.

Until his retirement in 1991, Fred was a staff member
at the VA Medical Center practicing Prosthodontics and Maxillofacial
Prosthodontics in Atlanta, Georgia. Fred has been married to
Marjorie Earle for 49 years; they reside in Doraville, Georgia and
have two children.